Plans are underway to bring 100 medical kits to Nottingham city centre so residents can race to the aid of a victim if they have been stabbed.

The Business Improvement District (BID), on organisation which represents local businesses and aims to promote Nottingham, will be funding the new kits which are aimed at saving people's lives if they are attacked.

It comes after a call for the kits was made by the top surgeon at Queen's Medical Centre, Adam Brooks, who said it was his "vision" to have them rolled out in the next 12 months.

In the same way that defibrillators are installed in supermarkets and schools, the 49-year-old surgeon wants knife crime kits to also be distributed across the city.

They would be placed in prime locations and would include a tourniquet and dressings to stop bleeding while paramedics make their way to the potential incidents.

"It worked with East Midlands Ambulance Service to identify locations around the city that would benefit from a defibrillator and then purchased a number of them and are in the process of installing them. It is also working with EMAS to deliver training."

Mr Brooks added: "We are grateful to this company for supporting this vital prevention work and look forward to working with partners in Nottingham to discuss this prospect further in the weeks to come."